What are the functions of Japanese robots? Why should Japan develop bionic robots?

1. Why should Japan develop bionic robots? In June, 20 14, the Japanese government issued the "Japan Renaissance Strategy", which proposed the goal of achieving a nominal annual growth rate of 3% and a real growth rate of 2% in the "regeneration decade" (20 13-2022). Later, the Japanese government quickly launched the "Robot Revolution Realization Conference", which was personally convened by Prime Minister Abe. It is blunt to "realize the robot barrier-free society through regulatory reform and establish the world's highest level of artificial intelligence technology."

(1) Solving the problem of providing for the aged

It was at this meeting convened by the Prime Minister himself that the Japanese government called 20 15 "the first year of robot revolution", and the robot industry was called "the symbol of technological innovation", which was the "trump card" to solve the shortage of manpower in the aging society with few children and also became the "ingenious plan" and "unique trick" for the Japanese government to revitalize the economy. Therefore, Japan is really betting on the robot industry, and the simulation robot used to solve the problem of "aging and pension difficulties" is its top priority.

(2) solving the problem of young and middle-aged labor force

Japan has a deep understanding of the development of robot industry. In addition to the increasingly serious social pension problem in Japan, the high labor cost and the shortage of young and middle-aged labor force are also very realistic social problems. In recent years, with the increasingly serious labor shortage in Japan, the basic labor force at the grass-roots level has always been a big problem from large enterprises to small and medium-sized enterprises. Continuing to expand the application of robots may be another feasible solution.

(3) Japan has the core technology and key parts of robots.

In fact, as early as the first half of 1990s, the share of industrial robots made in Japan in the world market was as high as 90%. After entering the Internet era, artificial intelligence, computers, robots and other technologies have attracted the attention of all countries in the world, but Japan still occupies an important position relying on its years of painstaking research. Japan has natural advantages in developing robot industry.

Specifically, Japan's robot field occupies a leading position in the world in robot core technologies such as joint technology, high-performance AC servo motor, high-precision reducer, controller and driver, and the world market share of high-precision reducer and force sensor reaches 90%. In contrast, most of China's robot core components are imported from Japan, Germany and other technologically advanced countries, and 75% of its precision reducers are imported from Japan, which accounts for more than 70% of the overall production cost of robots. (This data comes from China Robot Network)

2. What are the functions of Japanese robots? When it comes to Japanese simulated robots, many people's first impression may be humanoid robots. A few years ago, a Japanese "wife" robot worth more than 100,000 yuan triggered a hot discussion on the whole network. But in fact, the simulated robot is not just imitating human beings. After hundreds of millions of years of evolution, every living thing on the earth has the most reasonable structural characteristics. It is the lifelong pursuit of many scientists to create a simulated robot that can serve human beings by imitating these characteristics.

Specifically, simulation robots can be divided into land simulation robots, air simulation robots and underwater simulation robots.

(1) road simulation robot. Humanoid robot is only an important branch of land simulation robot. Strictly speaking, there are three or four such branches. Among them, the famous ones are simulated multi-legged robot, simulated snake robot and simulated jumping robot. Although these different kinds of robots can move flexibly, they are imitated by different natural animals. Due to the limitation of space, Bian Xiao will not give examples one by one. If you are interested, you can check the corresponding robot yourself.

(2) Simulated robots in the air. Today's drones are not new, but can you find out what kind of creatures the flying principle of drones is? Although humans can fly planes and even rush out of space, is this flight mode perfect? There are many birds and insects on the earth, and their flight form, movement mode and energy utilization have reached a nearly perfect level. The idea of making a plane may be in them.

That's right. At present, the research on air simulation robot is still in the primary stage. Those flying elves that really exist in nature have not been well deciphered by scientists. But it also means that there is still a huge space for exploration and development of air simulation robots.

(3) Underwater simulation robot. Underwater simulation robots mainly imitate fish swimming, and most robots are propelled by motor control. But in recent years, this method has been constantly innovated, new bionic materials and bionic drivers have been applied to underwater robots, and global positioning system has become the eye of robots. Most parts of the earth are in water environment, and scientists have made breakthroughs in the use of underwater robots. I believe that in the near future, more magical underwater robots will be born.

3. The future development trend of simulation robots There are many kinds of simulation robots, each with its own characteristics, but almost all of them will encounter their own bottlenecks. This is because at the grassroots level, many common problems have not been broken. Generally speaking, the problems mainly focus on materials, control and energy conversion.

(1) Physical materials are not equal to biological materials. Physical materials are completely different from biological materials, especially in drag reduction, self-cleaning and fatigue resistance. Biomechanics and engineering mechanics are two different disciplines. How to find a perfect combination point and integrate structure, drive and material may be one of the necessary keys to open the door of the robot.

(2) Use energy more cleanly. At present, scientists have not studied the mechanism of biological energy conversion deeply, and the energy conversion efficiency of various robots is very low. Artificial simulation robots often need a lot of energy consumption, which is not an order of magnitude with the super-high energy conversion rate of biology.

(3) Micro-control. Robots are by no means synonymous with bulkiness, but robots in the future will become more and more flexible. A big guy like Transformers looks powerful, but it will never become mainstream. On the contrary, micro-control is the next important breakthrough in the development of robots. At present, the control methods of many simulated robots are still very traditional, not to mention more detailed neural control and electromechanical control, but this is one of the difficult problems that must be overcome in the future.

Musk, a scientific madman, is committed to brain-computer research, hoping to use brain-computer technology to make the brain and chip "man-machine integration" and realize the immortality of thinking. Moreover, this kind of research and development also follows the principle from macro to micro, and the final research of bionics may still be human form.

4. Conclusion The research of bionics is bound to go deeper and deeper, and its research results will also benefit all aspects of human life. Wlnad led by Wright Wei Jian is a good example. Maybe in the future, we can see the birth of longevity cities. With the continuous development of science and technology, the future precision machinery may gradually develop into artificial intelligence and even bionics. And all kinds of animals, plants and insects that have evolved for tens of millions of years will really be the best teachers of mankind.

Taoism is natural, and human beings still have a long way to go on the road of simulating robots. Perhaps in the near future, everyone will have an understanding female or male robot to accompany them to grow up.